I worry that often lost in the familiar heroic histories of grassroots political movements is the reality that today's moral consensus on the justice of their causes belies just how unthinkably controversial these movements were back when they were actually being waged. The unanimous agreement that ...
Brown offers its undergraduates a significant support system and a host of opportunities, but when it comes to providing space for common use and studying, our school is somewhat deficient. With over 6,000 undergraduate students at Brown, it's often difficult to find a free table in the library or a ...
It is time to shelve the New Curriculum, at least for a while. Today I passed an impassioned tour guide who longingly, lovingly, yearningly explained the benefits of the New Curriculum. He pleaded that each Brown student wants to be here, that we're not just here because we want to fulfill some ...
To the Editor: The Herald's article "Former student claims misdeeds by U. officials in sealed case" (April 12) failed to separate two critical issues: the alleged misconduct of Brown University administrators in compelling former student William McCormick to leave Brown after he allegedly raped the ...
The U.S. Armed Forces and the Rhode Island Blood Center, a Food and Drug Administration-regulated bank, both have policies in place that exclude people on the basis of sexual orientation. According to the 1993 "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" memo, "The military will discharge members who engage in homosexual ...
I recently found out that we go to the 20th-most-stressful college in the country.
Providence has been the fortunate beneficiary of some beautiful weather this past month, and we have enjoyed sitting on the recently re-opened Faunce steps, playing Frisbee and eating takeout lunches and dinners on Wriston Quad and the Main Green. Unfortunately though, when students spend more time ...
As the days warm and our outer layers are secreted into closets and left for next November's chill, it becomes daily more difficult to summon up the sort of righteous indignation that informed past columns. Something about a sunny 70 degrees makes one aware that poring over closely typed editorial pages ...
The Herald has discovered that two editorials and a news article published between 2006 and 2010 contained opinions, facts and language that previously appeared in other publications. Because The Herald has a zero-tolerance policy for plagiarism, the author has been dismissed from The Herald's staff.On ...
To the Editor: Regarding "Gala moves back onto campus" (April 9): The Student Labor Alliance would like to express our utmost appreciation to our fellow students for taking heed of the concerns raised by SLA and the workers of the Westin.
These are the days of panic and desperation, of poring over floor plans searching for the secret spot no one has found before. It's Housing Lottery season, that magical time when freshmen simultaneously pray they don't get waitlisted and jealously plot the downfall of the groups ahead of them that have ...
To the editor:In my column that appeared in Monday's sports section ("Ben Dann '12: Athlete's notebook," April 12), I included a comment questioning the sportsmanship of the Harvard men's crew team and their Head Coach Harry Parker. I apologize for those comments. I also apologize to those ...
We want to believe that most alums recognize the major contributions Brown makes to the surrounding community. And we would hope that this is particularly true of anyone who graduated from Brown and went on to serve as mayor of Providence. Unfortunately, Providence Mayor and congressional candidate ...
The Roman Catholic Church has recently suffered from another round of revelations regarding clerical rapists and institutional cover-ups. Notably, evidence has surfaced of Pope Benedict XVI's role in the protection of these priests while head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Some people ...
The annual event Gala will be held this year at Andrews Dining Hall and Terrace — and not the Westin Hotel — according to an e-mail sent by event organizers to students April 10. The change comes following intense negotiations between organizers and "the Student Labor Alliance, Westin workers ...
Many viewpoints have been expressed in recent weeks regarding Brown's proposed 4.5 percent tuition hike for the next academic year. In this regard, Simon Liebling's '12 column denouncing the increase as plutocratic excess ("Grin and bear it," Mar. 25) stands as a beacon of clarity and reason in stark ...
I remember reading once that science has allowed us to become gods before we ever learned to be humans. Advancements in science have allowed us to do everything from saving lives to enjoying seedless watermelon. Such advancements have not only made life easier but have also improved the overall standard ...
As the academic year draws to a close, undergraduates everywhere are forced to ponder what life after college holds for them. The options can be overwhelming — a job, travel, public service, another degree. How do you decide what's right for you?
Three banks are taking the City of Providence to court in an attempt to ensure that they can quickly and efficiently foreclose on local homeowners. At issue is an ordinance that took effect last September. It requires any lender that plans to foreclose on a house in the city to make a good-faith effort ...
I was digging through the community organizing archives at the John Hay Library recently, reading up on the illustrious history of activism at Brown, when I came across a few yellowed Vietnam War-era Herald clippings reporting on the student campaign to compel Brown to divest from the Dow Chemical Company, ...
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